1944 Falkland Islands1944 Operation Tabarin cover to Port Stanley with Falkland Island Dependencies ˝d and 1d cancelled SOUTH SHETLANDS 16 AP 1944. A Port Stanley 25 AP 44 arrival cancel is on the back. George W. J. Bowles was the Customs Officer and represented the Governor visiting the bases at Deception Island and Port Lockroy in March and April 1944. The role of Operation Tabarin was ostensibly to deny safe anchorages to enemy raiding vessels and to gather meteorological data for allied shipping in the South Atlantic. It was set up in 1943 and continued throughout the war years. £140.00Reference: K3400

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1945 Falkland Islands1945 Operation Tabarin registered cover to the USA with a Falkland Island Dependencies 9d cancelled GRAHAM LAND 3 FEB 1945. A Port Stanley 16 FE 45 transit cancel is on the back. The cover was carried on the “Fitzroy” and “William Scoresby”. The role of Operation Tabarin was ostensibly to deny safe anchorages to enemy raiding vessels and to gather meteorological data for allied shipping in the South Atlantic. It was set up in 1943 and continued throughout the war years. £130.00Reference: K3399

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1944 Falkland Islands1944 censored envelope to Montevideo, Uruguay, with a 3d 'sheep' cancelled PORT STANLEY 13 AUG 44. The cover was opened and resealed by the censor with Type II censor tape. A Montevideo 28 AUG 44 arrival cancel is on the back. £375.00Reference: K3361

1946 Falkland Islands1946 FALKLAND ISLANDS and DEPENDENCIES Army Form W3077 air letter to England with a 1/3d cancelled PORT STANLEY 11 DE 46. The letter was written by Karl Lellman who designed this 1/3d stamp and he says “They don't look like Turkey buzzards to me and don't remind me at all of the sketch I submitted.” A scarce air letter and very interesting contents!£750.00Reference: K3358

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1956 Falkland Islands1956 envelope, locally used in Stanley, cancelled PORT STANLEY 27 JU 56 with a fine strike of the red oval BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY / FALKLAND ISLANDS BRANCH handstamp. This is Type II and the cover illustrated and listed by Heijtz on page 236 in his catalogue. £150.00Reference: K3356

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1915 Falkland Islands 1915 post card to Dorset that has had a G.B. 1d stamp added on arrival and cancelled LONDON MAR 23 15. A 'PASSED CENSOR / H.M.S. KENT' handstamp is on the front of the card. After the Battle of the Falklands on 8 December 1914, the Kent, along with the cruisers Glasgow and Orama, went in search of the German S.M.S. Dresden, the only German Cruiser that was not sunk at the Battle of the Falklands. This card, written on 16 February 1915 was when the Kent was in the Tierra del Fuego area searching for the Dresden, which they found on 8 March and sank on 14 March. . £275.00Reference: K3328

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1945 Falkland Islands1945 'Operation Tabarin' cover addressed to the Falkland Islands, with a pair of Dependencies ˝d's cancelled SOUTH ORKNEYS 12 FEB 1945. A Port Stanley 16 FEB 45 arrival c.d.s. is on the back. This was sent on the 2nd visit to South Orkney, the first being a year earlier. Prior to the start of the WWII German aircraft had dropped markers with swastikas across Queen Maud Land in an attempt to create a territorial claim. Operation Tabarin was a military undertaking by the Admiralty and the Colonial Office in 1943 to establish a permanent British presence in the Antarctic. These bases were the first ever to be constructed in Antarctica. £275.00Reference: K3319

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1944 Falkland Islands1944 self addressed philatelic 'Operation Tabarin' first day cover with a 6d cancelled SOUTH SHETLANDS 5 FEB 1944. Prior to the start of the WWII German aircraft had dropped markers with swastikas across Queen Maud Land in an attempt to create a territorial claim. Operation Tabarin was a military undertaking by the Admiralty and the Colonial Office in 1943 to establish a permanent British presence in the Antarctic. These bases were the first ever to be constructed in Antarctica. A base was established during February near the abandoned Norwegian whaling station on Deception Island. Andrew Taylor, the sender, was the surveyor on the exhibition. £60.00Reference: K3318

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1929 Falkland Islands 1929 formula registered envelope to the U.S.A. with a ˝d and a pair of 2˝d's paying the 5˝d foreign letter rate (2˝d per oz and 3d registration), cancelled PORT STANLEY 16 AP 29. The cover has been sealed with wax impressions of the Post Office Crown marking. New York and East Orange 6.5.1929 cancels are on the back. £725.00Reference:

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1935 Falkland Islands1935 envelope to England sent registered with a 1/- Silver Jubilee cancelled PORT STANLEY 16 DE 35. A Winchester arrival c.d.s. is on the back.£55.00Reference: G2849

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1933 Falkland Islands1933 registered envelope to Norwich, England bearing a Centenary ˝d, 1d and 4d, paying a 5˝d rate, which would be correct for a letter of up to 1oz to a non Commonwealth country, but overpaid by a 1˝d to the UK. The stamps have been cancelled PORT STANLEY 8 JY 33. £300.00Reference: K3187

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1933 Falkland Islands1933 registered envelope to England written in the hand of Maude Carey, the postmistress, bearing a 1˝d and 3d tied by PORT STANLEY 8 NO 33 datestamps. A Registered Staines Middx. 9 DEC 33 transit datestamp is on the back of the cover. £330.00Reference: K3157

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1942 Falkland Islands1942 censored envelope to Taunton, U.K. with a 1d cancelled PORT STANLEY 1 NO 42. At the base, OPENED BY CENSOR tape has been affixed to seal the cover. Fine. £475.00Reference: K3150

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1844 Great Britain / Falkland Islands1844 'Free frank' unstamped envelope used internally within London with NO 7 and NO 8 1844 datestamps. In the lower left corner is a 'Stanley' signature. At this time Lord Stanley, the 14th Earl of Derby, was the Colonial Secretary. It was after him that Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands was named. An interesting piece of ephemera for a Falkland Island collector. Stanley mail is not common!£225.00Reference: K3084

1914 Falkland Islands1914 envelope (flap missing) to Port Stanley franked with a 1d and ˝d tied by a DECEPTION ISLAND, SOUTH SHETLANDS 3 FEB 1914 datestamp. This is, according to Heijtz, (page 146) the earliest recorded usage of this canceller from Deception Island. £475.00Reference: K2824

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1913 Falkland IslandsA 1913 picture post card of a Gentoo Penguin Rookery, believed to be the rookery to the east of the old Salvesen Whaling Station on New Island. On the back is 'Printed in Saxony'. Fine.£35.00Reference: G2761